Sustainable development — particularly environmental sustainability — is a central tenet of the World Bank Group’s strategy.  IEG’s new report Results and Performance of the World Bank Group (RAP) provides a timely review of the Bank Group portfolio performance and examines how the Bank Group has mainstreamed and measured projects with potential environmental benefits. Between FY08-10 and FY15-17, the share of projects or components with potential environmental benefits has increased 4 percentage points for the World Bank and IFC, but for the World Bank the types of supported benefits have changed.
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